More of our day out in the Glastonbury Area...

In the previous post I wrote about Burrow Mump...after climbing the Mump, we then headed for the nearby town of Wells. Oh boy! Were we impressed with our destination there...this huge Church precinct which includes the Bishop's Palace complete with a moat, the magnificent Wells Cathedral, a school and Vicars Close. 

The moat around the Bishops Palace...

Swans live around the moat and suddenly 2 decided to fly past to the next corner of the moat...

The main doorway into the palace...

Inside the palace gate was a lovely garden area...

And so we followed the arrow in the sign above towards the Cathedral...

Another magnificent building...

We spent quite a while exploring this beautiful building which has the most magnificent sculptures and other wonderful examples of master craftsmen's work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral

There was a service in progress while we were there which meant we heard the organ being played...very impressive!

In the garden area of the Cathedral there are remains of older buildings such as Roman and Saxon constructions on the site...wonder if the Time Team have been here?

Then our friends took us a little way on from the Cathedral and we crossed the road. All they said was that we were going to Vicar's Close...

and what a jaw-dropping experience was our first view of this intriguing street...it's a street of houses going back to the medieval era...

And after that it was time for lunch...